
Let'shopeforthe"WindofChange"forgoodin2021Windofchange,1990bythe"Scorpions"(aWestGermanrockband)Whetheryouaretakingsometimetoreflectontheyearpastortryingtosetnewgoalsforthecomingnewyear,thesearesomeidiomsyoucanusetotalkaboutit.BLOW/CLEARAWAYTHECOBWEBS掃除陰霾、晦氣、黴運釋意:makeonefeelmorementallyalertandlivelywhenhe/shehadpreviouslybeenfeelingtired,torefreshoneselffromas...[
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SomeofthemostcommonThanksgiving(andturkey-related)idiomsforyourbetterunderstandingofthiscornerstoneAmericanholidayandtheEnglishlanguage.
StuffedShirt
自以為是、妄自尊大、愛擺架子的人
Someonewhoactsinaveryformalwayandexpectstobetreatedasaveryimportant,high-profileperson.Theearliestdocumenteduseofthisexpressionwasin1840todescribeaformallydressedlookofaperson.
例句:
Stuffedshirt...[
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幾天前(16/17號)通過SpaceX的Falcon9(獵鷹9號)火箭推送升空的的第一個通過認證的商用飛行器CrewDragon(龍飛船)Resilience到達ISS(國際空間站)的宇航員VictorGlover發推說各項工作迅速全麵展開(hitthegroundrunning),但他仍然需要時間來熟悉工作/生活的環境和情況、找到自己的方向和節奏(findhisbearings)。
Hitthegroundrunning
原意/字麵意思:
Theidiomhasfollowingpossibleorigins:
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這個在影視作品或生活交流中聽到的話,也應該能猜出意思來,因為一般都會有相應的上下文或語境。
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1324773377089982464釋義:Gloat:verb,tocontemplateordwellonone'sownsuccessoranother'smisfortunewithsmugness(自鳴得意),triumphantormalignant(不壞好意的)pleasure;tobraginanoffensivemanner.Noun,anactofgloating.(因自己的成功或好運而過於地)沾沾自喜,(因別人的失敗或壞運而)幸災樂禍。用例: Californiashouldn’tgloataboutproducingthefirstfemalevicepresident. ...[
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今天跟網球教練聊天,我問他除了教人打球是否還playforfun。他說,打的不多了,偶爾和幾個高中的在league打球打得好的孩子打打。他說他雖然技術好,當年什麽全國排名前20,但已經overthehill了,體力不行,跟打得好的孩子打還是有點吃力。
Overthehill:
Oldandpastone'sprime.過了最佳狀態、時期。Usually,assoonyouturn40,you'reoverthehill.
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承認與否,peopleskills/communicationskills是阻礙北美華人職場晉升的一大主因,而這些skills的根本就是語言。當你在跟同事交流聊天的時候,同事的一句玩笑、一句俚語,也許這隻是一句表達情緒或態度的話,雖然好像每個詞你都都聽懂了,但...就是不知道啥意思,在其它同事都有共鳴並開起玩笑來,你隻能裝裝樣子附和一下,或者尷尬地說一聲ExcuseMe(其實這算是很有勇氣,不恥[
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奧巴馬新書《APromisedLand應許之地》證實拜登當初不同意襲擊本拉登。還提到川普在得知他曾提出過要幫助控製的墨西哥灣泄露的油井已經得到控製而不需要他的幫助/service後,看到奧巴馬在白宮隻能搭帳篷開宴會而立即向其提出可以幫在白宮蓋一個好的ballroom-川普真是一個有很好嗅覺的地產商。
Hittheshelves:tobecomeavailableforpurchase.
Whenhernewestscent,Covet,hittheshelvesinJuly2007,[
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Wikepedia:KimberlyJ.Ng(bornNovember17,1968)isanAmericanexecutiveinMajorLeagueBaseball.SheiscurrentlythegeneralmanageroftheMiamiMarlinsandthehighest-rankingfemalebaseballexecutive.SheisthefirstwomantoserveasgeneralmanagerofateamintheBigFourleaguesinNorthAmericaandthefirstpersonofEastAsiandescenttoserveasgeneralmanagerofanMLBteam.NgwasborninIndianapolis,Indiana,thefirstoffivedaughters,toJinNgandVirg...[
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